Rift - So, Who Is Going To Get This?

Let me start off by saying that I love FFXI and I used to love WoW back in the day. The only MMO to hold me since release has been FFXI, though.

That being said, I have also played Rift in the beta. So to get it out of the way right off the bat, YES rift is basically a WoW clone. HOWEVER, there are some differences. Most notably, the class system. This is something that seems to be very interesting... you choose an archetype, and can choose between any of the classes within that archetype. Look it up if you want more info, while it doesn't give as much freedom as FFXI's job system (which is the best to date of any MMO), it does come close.
Basically, Rift is WoW for those burnt out on WoW. It has great graphics, a new class system, and a lot of polish.

All of that aside, I'm curious as to who else here is at least interested in it. I've already pre-ordered it off Steam, has anyone else?

I dont pre-order anything anymore sadly, It's just become load of ***after load of ***lately with the releases, but If it gets a good review, I might be willing to try it.

I haven't looked into the game at all, but I know the game Runes of Magic (Free MMO, got game of the year in Germany or something like that) is supposed to surpass WoW in every way. And for free.

I can't say one way or another though, but that would be worth a try.

You know, after being burned so many times by MMOs you'd think I'd learn, but sadly I haven't. Although, your approach is probably the best way to go about it.

Isn't that what they said about LotRo, and Warhammer, and Age of Conan, and Aion, etc, etc?

With that said, I really enjoyed LotRo, and I admit that Rift looks cool, but a polished WoW clone is still a WoW clone.

I was never that impressed with runes of magic, to me it was pretty much just like every other grind f2p mmo

I looked at the site and thought 'Meh.'

It doesn't look all that impressive, but honestly I've gotten tired of playing MMOs. I've already put too much time in XI/XIV to start something over again.



I don't either. The only reason I'd pre-order a game is if it was really good or only available in limited quantities, like LBP2 Collectors Edition <3.

It looked ok, Animations were a bit wack. Looks more fun than XI.

http://www.riftgame.com/en/beta/index.php

The beta is ready in 2 days. can get the beta keys. we got tons from a guild member in WoW, so I might try it for the beta

Any idea if servers are global or region based?

Global

Sounds interesting !!

Now my interest is incredibly piqued.

I'd like to try it, but I always have shitty luck when it comes to getting into a beta (Ex. Everyone else gets in but me >.>)

Guess i'll just have to wait and hope.

I just got the email they selected me for the beta so Im downloading it now XD

In the questionnaire, the last question asked if I wanted to say something about myself...my answer: FEMALE GAMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XD

See what I mean?!? lol


~.~ Swear it's like I'm a perfect canditate to test ***out and they let in people that hardly play lol.

Oh well, guess i've still got two days to wait to see lol, probably hurts me since I just signed up for it.

So out of some divine luck, I guess I was accepted into the beta :D


Gonna be fun to try something new.

Rift doesn't look like a bad game at all. Not having played the beta, I didn't know it was basically a WoW clone. I, personally, have never been a big WoW fan. But that's not to say I won't give it a try for free, to at least see if the polish appeals to me.

Tera is the game I've been holding out for. It looks like it might be the perfect hybrid of action and MMORPG that I've been hoping to see for awhile.

I have a number of very good friends and ex co-workers working on Rift.

From what I've seen, they're doing an extraordinarily good job with their attention to detail and stability, and they're one of the only MMO's that still intends to do large in-game events run by actual people. They're well aware of the significance of the 800-pound gorilla in the room (WoW) and are trying hard to provide a viable AAA-caliber alternative.

The team is lead by Scott, who deserves a great deal of credit (if not all of it) for saving EQ2 once it had a dismal launch and was in danger of being canceled. A lot of the team comes from ex-SOE folks. That means they've all done this before, and unlike SE with FF14, have learned from their mistakes. This is the 4th MMO for some of them.

I'm in the Beta too. Looking forward to run a bard :D

I actually like how they're dealing with Wow. There's no point in ignoring it, so tackle it head on.

I want to play it. How big is the beta?

Was just checking this out and was curious. Anyone find it ironic that the 2-headed turtle mount you get when pre-ordering the collector's edition, boosts your speed by 60%?

Yes Runes of Magic is a very good game indeed, and it is free. For Rift I will wait after release before I give it a try. I don't pre-order any mmorpg since I made that mistake with that horrible Aion game.

lol fast turtle. I just seen some gameplay trailers and I must say it looks fantastic and i like the soul system. The guy in the video was changing on the fly which, although ffxi's system is so unique and broad, we still can not change on the fly. We have to go to a moogle to change. In the video the guy was a archtype mage character yet went from being a sort of support healer role to what those of us ffxi players could relate to a RDM. I was impressed. I probably won't be chomping at the bit to play. I just started DC Universe Online (loving it i dont care what you say about it) and there Dragon Age 2 coming out in march, SWTOR coming out (hopefully this year for reals) and a neat little handheld title Im picking up next month by the name of Dragon Quest VI. Too many games plus work and college, but everyone who does play, ENJOY! And I truely hope this is a game that pulls most of you away from the depressing ***hole that is FFXI.

Your telling me. I pre-ordered FFXI for PS3 back before PC release. Thank god I got that pre-order refunded otherwise Gamestop would have my money forever lol!

How does that happen? PS3 wasn't even around (I don't even think it had been announced there was going to be a PS3 at that time) when FFXI was released for PC..

Ya it was in like early august or mid july they announced PC and PS3 release date of FF14 in DEC 2010. Then sept came and released early and they pushed back ps3 to march of this year, which has now been pushed back indefinately.